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Can someone please tell me what this means??? No matter how I specify the pathname/s (relative or full), I keep getting these kindof errors. The files are present where they should be. I know I'm missig something obvious but can't figure out what!!!

Warning: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/sys/config.php) is not within the allowed path(s):

Warning: main(/sys/config.php): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/httpd/vhosts/digtersvryheid.za.net/httpdocs/lib-common.php on line 137

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/sys/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/digtersvryheid.za.net/httpdocs/lib-common.php on line 137

Installing Geeklog requires that you edit config.php to setup various parameters and that you modify lib-common.php to point directly to config.php using an absolute path. The only other absolute path you need is for $_CONF['path']. If you had to move public_html to a directory other than at the same level as system and plugins, you will have to use an absolute path in $_CONF['path_html'].

Your error indicates that you probably did not modify lib-common.php correctly. Find the line "require_once ('/path/to/geeklog/config.php');" and replace /path/to/geeklog with the absolute path to config.php.

Of you continue to have errors, look for the path FAQ in the FAQs link on the left under support.

Can somebody help me with a similar problem?

heres my error

Warning: main(portal/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/k/9/z/k9zambi/html/portal/lib-common.php on line 69

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'portal/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/content/k/9/z/k9zambi/html/portal/lib-common.php on line 69

I do not have a program that gives me the lines so I do not know what I need to edit.

I deleted the folder /public_html/ (Unless if that was a mistake?!?!??!) but I did not delete the files... they're all in my portal folder.. How can I get GL to work?

Even Notepad has a "go to line" function ...

Line 69 in lib-common.php is the line where you include the config.php. Make sure you're using the complete path there. It looks like you only have 'portal/config.php' there, while it should really be '/home/content/k/9/z/k9zambi/html/portal/config.php'

Having said that: lib-common.php and config.php should never be in the same directory - that's an insecure setup. I know that some auto installers do it that way, but it's plain wrong.

See Installing Geeklog entirely within the web root for a better way to do it if you can't place files outside of your webroot.

bye, Dirk

Hi there Dirk thanks for the help but now I have another problem...

I'm recieving

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '/' in /home/content/k/9/z/k9zambi/html/portal/lib-common.php on line 69

I do not have windows I'm currently viewing the lib-common.php on Openoffice.com writer on Ubuntu Dapper... I know it has nothing to do with GL but if you can show me how to access the go to line function I would appeceriate it alot.

Ok I seem to found away to get the line number to show up on another program... and have now fixed the problem... now I get the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/k/9/z/k9zambi/html/portal/lib-common.php on line 74

and on line 74 is

// Before we do anything else, check to ensure site is enabled

Line 74: if( isset( $_CONF['site_enabled'] ) && !$_CONF['site_enabled'] )
{
if( empty( $_CONF['site_disabled_msg'] ))
{
echo $_CONF['site_name'] . ' is temporarily down. Please check back soon';
}
else
{
// if the msg starts with http: assume it's a URL we should redirect to
if( preg_match( "/^(https?):/", $_CONF['site_disabled_msg'] ) === 1 )
{
echo COM_refresh( $_CONF['site_disabled_msg'] );
}
else
{
echo $_CONF['site_disabled_msg'];
}
}

exit;
I do not know what to put down... Can you help me Dirk?

I'd suggest you try using another editor, as the one you're using right now seems to be confused by the PHP code. Start over with a fresh copy of lib-common.php. You should really only have to change that one line (to include config.php) in that file.

Also see http://www.geeklog.net/docs/install.html#corrupted

bye, Dirk

Actually "unexpected T_STRING" or similar errors are usually caused by missing or unescaped quote marks. I suspect the include on line 69 lacked the closing quote mark. But Dirk is right, better to start with a clean lib-common.php then to try to find the stray quote.